Are You a Cleaner?
"1 hour and 9 minutes"- my recent initial 6 mi result
In the last six months I have been regularly running 3 miles twice a week. Once in a while I would strecth myself to 4.5 miles. But I kept trying to not hurt myself more than trying to stretch myself.
So a couple of weeks ago a former running buddy asked me to train with him. He was getting ready for a 10k and wanted to test himself. I said OK. Immediately I thought to myself, "My knees are going to hurt." But I did it anyway.
So my buddy stopped by and we ran the 10k in 1:04. This was our normal running pace a couple fo years ago when we ran together. We could have pushed ourselves to 1:02 but we did not. He felt good and believed taht he could run his race in 50 minutes. I also felt very good about the run.
AFter that day I decided to start running 6 miles more often. I ran it by myself a week later in 1:09. A few days later I ran it in 1:06. Then something happened.
Friday night and Saturday morning I read Tim S. Grover's book called Relentless. In it he identifies the icons he worked with as Cleaners. A Cleaner is someone who is willing to push themselves to the limit. They are not limited by physical limitation BUT push through them.
So on Sunday I decided to go for a 6 mile run. Before the run I told myself that I am a Cleaner and that I am going to run as a Cleaner. I finished my run in 59:36. This is almost 10 minutes less than the first run after my run with my buddy. I felt good pushing myself to the limit. I believe that 50 minutes is possible for me.
Today's question is:
"Are you a Cleaner?"
"1 hour and 9 minutes"- my recent initial 6 mi result
In the last six months I have been regularly running 3 miles twice a week. Once in a while I would strecth myself to 4.5 miles. But I kept trying to not hurt myself more than trying to stretch myself.
So a couple of weeks ago a former running buddy asked me to train with him. He was getting ready for a 10k and wanted to test himself. I said OK. Immediately I thought to myself, "My knees are going to hurt." But I did it anyway.
So my buddy stopped by and we ran the 10k in 1:04. This was our normal running pace a couple fo years ago when we ran together. We could have pushed ourselves to 1:02 but we did not. He felt good and believed taht he could run his race in 50 minutes. I also felt very good about the run.
AFter that day I decided to start running 6 miles more often. I ran it by myself a week later in 1:09. A few days later I ran it in 1:06. Then something happened.
Friday night and Saturday morning I read Tim S. Grover's book called Relentless. In it he identifies the icons he worked with as Cleaners. A Cleaner is someone who is willing to push themselves to the limit. They are not limited by physical limitation BUT push through them.
So on Sunday I decided to go for a 6 mile run. Before the run I told myself that I am a Cleaner and that I am going to run as a Cleaner. I finished my run in 59:36. This is almost 10 minutes less than the first run after my run with my buddy. I felt good pushing myself to the limit. I believe that 50 minutes is possible for me.
Today's question is:
"Are you a Cleaner?"
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